The Oedipus Project
Hard to believe that it’s been 10 years since MGMT rocked our world with Oracular Spectacular.
Fortunately since then they have pushed the limits of their creativity and we never know where they are going to lead us.
Little Dark Age is their 4th, due shortly.
When You Die and Hand It Over are both on the album.
When You Die
Hand It Over
New England native tUnE-yArDs’ new album, I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, dropped this week.
Her 4th album explores whiteness in the face of social injustice.
Heart Attack is the current featured song.
Jonathan L kicks off the new year with the new.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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*denotes first time airs on show + is replay
*The Spitfires “Over And Over Again” (Watford, England)
*M.T. Scott & The Swing Kids “The State Of Denmark” (U.K.)
*Astrobal “Le souvenir des entoiles” (intro) (Paris, France)
*Astrobal “Belle comme la nuit” (Paris, France)
*The Melodians “Sweet Sensation” (Greenwich Town, Jamaica)
*Peter Matthew Bauer “Wild Light” (Washington, DC)
*Inkfields “Snare Yourself” (Edinburgh, Scotland)
*Nick Cold f/Pit Bailay “Story Of My Life” (Freiburg, Germany)
*Essaie Pas “Futur parle?” (Montreal, Canada)
*October Star “How Soon Is Now” (Smiths cover) (London)
*Engst “Ohne Dich” (Berlin, Germany)
*The Parity Complex “Underdog” (Sweden)
*Matto Rules “Dive” (Switzerland)
*Stereophonics “Caught By The Wind” (Wales)
*Jenn Vix “Alive Again” (Rhode Island)
ALICE COOPER SONG OF WEEK: “Fallen In Love”
*Mavis Staples “If All I Was Black” (Chicago)
*The Dayoffs “I Can’t Believe I’m Dead” (N.Y./Russia)
*Brickyard Lizards “We’re Through” (Oxford, England)
*Lola Dutronic “My Name Is Lola” /Germany/Canada)
*Speak Brother “Lions” (Coventry, England)
*Laedj “Laser Eyes” (Melbourne, Australia)
*Perel “Die Dimension” (Berlin, Germany)
*Doro Pesch “Jede SeeleTief” (Düsseldorf, Germany)
*Lou Parker “A Piece Of Mary” (Brisbane, Australia)
*The Elephant Trees “Open Up” (Manchester, England)
*Ramona Rose “Grand Canyon” (Leeds, England)
*Drew Miller “Chebychev” (Orig. mix) (Glasgow, Scotland)
Portland, Oregon’s The Decemberists are one of the best American bands extant.
Our last posting featured their take on a new song from the musical Hamilton.
Now the band has just announced a new album, I’ll be Your Girl, with the song Severed.
(P.S. shades of the band 999, if you get my reference.)
Severed
Last year (actually December 2016) Lin-Manuel Miranda released the album The Hamilton Mixtape, the songs from his play Hamilton performed by various artists.
This past December he began a new concept. New content from his musical will be released as one song a month under the moniker Hamildrops.
The first of these is Ben Franklin’s Song performed by The Decemberists.
Ben Franklin’s Song
Jonathan Wilson is a musician’s musician.
Credited with revitalizing the Laurel Canyon music scene, he has played with countless artists from Jackson Browne to Erykah Badu, Conor Oberst to Father John Misty.
Rare Birds is his 6th solo album and I love the song Over the Midnight.
Over the Midnight
Jonathan L‘s best of 2017.
Lopsided World of L (Hour 1)
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Death By Chocolate “No Shore To Come” (Bein, Switzerland)
Gozer Goodspeed “Rattlebone Colour” (Plymouth, England)
Tomer Yosef “Holy Water” (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Balkan Beat Box “Chin Chin (BR remix) (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Billy The Zombie Kid “Are You Dying Like Me” (Borlänge, Sweden)
*Best Rock Song Of Year*
Maker “Dead Ends & Avenues” (Kent, England)
The Tree Children “Woo” (Newcastle, New South Wales)
Turbobier “A Mensch Is A Mensch” (Vienna, Austria)
The Harlots “Chopin” (Melbourne, Australia)
Wills & The Willing “Running On Empty” (London, England)
The Winachi Tribe “Room With A Zoo” (Warrington, England)
Ali Ingle “Saintly” (London, England)
Young Fathers “Only God Knows” (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Speaker First “The Anthem” (Bandung, Indonesia)
*Best Creative Song Of Year*
Fjorka “Bang On The Door” (London, England)
Skellums “If You Have To Leave” (Liverpool, England)
*Best New Artist Of Year*
William Hilton “Circles” (Goodyear, Arizona)
*Best Rock Group Of Year*
The Boston Shakers “Black Magic” (Liverpool, England)
Katalina Kicks f/ GT “Cold” (London, England)
Miss Velvet And The Blue Wolf “Dare” (New York City)
Eisbrecher “Was Ist Hier Los” (Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany)
*Best Cover Remix Of Year*
Man2Man f/Lola Dutronic “Male Stripper” (Canada/Germany)
The Moorings “Amsterdam” (Selestat, France)
The Doghunters “Politician, Man!” (Hürth, Germany)
We Used To Make Things “Yes Man” (London, England)
*A song from Top 5 Albums Of Year*
Saint Etienne “Underneath The Apple Tree” (London, England)
Clan Of Xymox “Loud And Clear” (Leipzig, Germany)
*Best Unsigned Band Of Year*
High Town Pirates “Last Chance Saloon” (London, England)
Kasabian “Bless This Acid House” (Leicestershire, England)
Ayreon “Bay Of Dreams” (Netherlands)
Jonathan L, the best women’s music of 2017.
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*Best cover song of year*
Maiko Watson w/Rhythm Express “Jolene” (Toronto, Canada)
Melanie De Biasio “Gold Junkies” (Belgium)
*Best new artist of year*
Meri Amber “She’s Blue (Eiffel 65 Parody)” (Sydney, Australia)
*Best Foreign language song of year*
The Rhythm Express “Women Of The World” (Toronto, Canada)
Rubberlips f/ Rykarda Parasol “Pulse” (W.Yorkshre/San Francisco)
Roadcase Royale “Get Loud” (Seattle/ New York City)
Ninet “Subservient” (Tel Aviv, Israel)
SJ and the Flying Pigs “Fireball” (Cambridge, England)
Saint Etienne “Magpie Eyes” (London, England)
Ira Losco “We Are The Soldiers” (Malta)
Sallie Ford “Middle Child” (Portland, Oregon)
VUUR “Valley Of Diamonds-Mexico City” (Netherlands)
*Best Song of Year*
Lake Lady “Mr. Fantasy” (Los Angeles)
Emily Wells “Symphony 1” (New York City)
Kate Tempest “Pictures On A Screen” (Southeast London)
CC/S. King & Screamin’Rachel “Straight Up…” (JL radioedit) (Italy)
68 Creep “Birthday” (Brooklyn, New York)
Tamara Bubble “Pick The Movie” (Brooklyn, New York)
Delta Omega “Break It Through” (Russia)
The Darts (US) “Not My Baby” (Los Angeles/Phoenix)
I Wear* Experiment “Patience” (Tallinn, Estonia)
Erika Bach & Barry Snaith-M1NK “My Twisted” (Greece/England)
Joanna Cooke & Nathan Austin “Darker Days” (Plymouth, England)
Linki “Circadian Adieu” (Sydney, Australia)
Klangschwester “Messing Beat” (Bremen, Germany)
Sshh “Jet Engines” (London, England)
Rachel Lorin “All The Young Dudes” (New York City)
*Best spoken word of year*
Joolz Denby & Henning Nugel “Narcotika” (Bradford/Germany)
Miracle Flair “Great Sprit” (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
When Sarah Howells is not performing solo as Bryde she teams up with Richard Llewellyn as Paper Aeroplanes.
Here is their gorgeous take on the song In the Bleak Midwinter.
In the Bleak Midwinter
It’s coming on Christmas and I’m preparing for my annual live Christmas Eve broadcast on WGBH, 89.7, here in Boston and on the web at http://www.wgbh.org/audioPlayers/wgbh.cfm
Seafang, a band out of St. Petersburg FL is Happy When It Snows.
Happy When It Snows
Jonathan L, a new music perspective from Berlin.
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*denotes first time airs on show + is replay
+Alias Kid & Friends “Sergio Kun Aguero…” (Manchester)
*Le Rock “Borderline” (Rostock, Germany)
*Alice Cooper “Paranormal” (Phoenix, AZ)
*Miss Velvet and The Blue Wolf “Dare” (New York City)
*Crack Of Dawn “Booby Ruby” (Toronto, Canada)
*Rex Stax f/ Doze “Eternity Collide” (Carribean)
*Jones “Something ‘Bout Our Love” (London)
*Dubmatix f/ Horace Andy “It’s A Clash” (Toronto, Canada)
*Noir “The Burning Bridge” (Northern Denmark)
*Engst “Auf Die Freundschaft” (Berlin, Germany)
*Geoff Tate/Operation Mindcrime “Wake Me Up” (Seattle)
*Yon-X & Anna Siler “Rene Seele” (Salamanca, Spain)
*Luper Dupree “So In Awe” (Los Angeles)
*William Hilton “Circles” (Scratch mix) (Goodyear, AZ)
*Meri Amber “Dinner Or Death” (Sydney, Australia)
*Runabay “Too Soon (Reverie)” (Northern, Ireland)
*Fräulein Brecheisen “Billig Boy” (Hamburg, Germany)
*Sons Of Apollo “Labyrinth” (North America)
*Doro “In Liebe Und Freundschaft” (Düsseldorf, Germany)
*Matt Adey “Love Is Not A Game” (United Kingdom)
*Baby Raptors “Strings” (New York City)
*Klangschwester “Now & Then” (Go Satta RX) (Bremen, Germany)
*The Magic Es “How Do You Sleep?” (Norfolk, England)
*Elstow “Self Imploding Identity” (Sydney, Australia)
CLAN OF XYMOX SONG OF WEEK: “The Rain Will Wash Away”
*Schwarzer Engel “Sinnflut” (Stuttgart, Germany)
Of the Oasis brothers, I’ve always preferred Noel to Liam.
Noel’s High Flying Birds continues to prove that he was the creative force of Oasis.
It’s a Beautiful World by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds from Who Built the Moon?
Jonathan L and an all-German broadcast.
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*most songs on this edition were played in 2017
Lotto King Karl “Manuel Neuer” (Hamburg)
Marc Seekey “When I Look At You” (Rottenburg)
The DogHunters “Politician Man!” (Hürth)
Eisbrecher “Das Leben Wartet Nicht” (Fürstenfeldbruck)
Ian Turner vs Tony T “#1” (Radio mix) (Köln)
Alle Farben “Bad Idea” (Berlin)
Klangschwester “Missing Beat” (Bremen)
Longfingah “Rocking Time” (Berlin)
X-ite Project vs Alex Grey “Last Division” (Bremen)
PrunX “Can’t Take It” (Berlin)
Doro “Für Immer” (Classic Diamonds Version) (Düsseldorf)
Rammstein “Links 2 3 4” (Berlin)
Merlin Penniston “Unzertrennlich” (München)
Double Crush Syndrome “Yeah! Pain!” (Saarbruchen)
Jenifer Brening “Breathe” (Lauingen)
Tom Franke f/ Hubert Kah “Rosemarie” (Koblenz)
Alazka “Ghost” (Recklinhausen)
Das Fluff “Love And Peace” (Berlin)
Daniel Slam “All Night” (original mix) (Hemer)
Clan Of Xymox “Loneliness” (Leipzig)
Nerveling “Der Große Blender” (Hamburg)
Rebuilt Electric “Naked” (Mannheim)
Primal Fear “If Looks Could Kill” (Esslingen)
Lia Rox “Hound” (Berlin)
Nick Cold f/Mara Klang “What Would You Do” (Freiburg)
Liza & Kay “Baustelle” (Hamburg)
The Sweeps “The Traveller” (TunnelvisionMix) (Hamburg)
Marq Aurel & Rayman Rave “Have A Nice Day” (Krefeld)
Betontod “Keine Popsongs!” (Live Version) (Rheinberg)
Pussy Riot, the Russian punk political collective, deliver a deceptively sweet sounding song with an ominous message.
Released on the anniversary of Trump’s electoral victory, Police State is self-explanatory.
Police State
Jonathan L, Indie and so much more.
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*Bigfoot “ Karma” (Wigan, England)
*Matilda Gracia “Player” (London, England)
*Hightown Pirates “Two For Joy” (London, England)
*Underground Authority “Sunday’s At The Park” (Kolkata, India)
*The Aces “Stuck” (Provo, Utah)
*PrunX “Can’t Take It” (Berlin, Germany)
*Doro “Tausend Mal Gelebt” (Düsseldorf, Germany)
+Brando “Bipolar” (Replicant mix) (London, England)
*The Parity Complex “Wide Awake” (Sweden)
*Oliver “Chemicals” (Los Angeles)
*The DogHunters “Mother” (Hürth, Germany)
*Phil Giava f/Jacinta “You’re My…” (Stuttgart, Germany)
*Peter Hook “Dancing Madly Backwards” (Salford, England)
*Eisbrecher “Herz Auf” (Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany)
CLAN OF XYMOX SONG OF WEEK: “Special Friends”
*Tricky f/Mina Rose “Running Wild” (Bristol, England)
*Virgil & Steve Howe “Night Hawk” (North London)
*Gasoline Lollipops “2 Mustangs” (Boulder, CO)
*VUUR “Your Glorious Light Will Shine-Helsinki” (Netherlands)
*Hvmm “Beggars And Thieves” (Worcester, England)
*Partisan “Crisis” (Manchester, England)
*Caesaria “Come On And Dance” (France)
*Loggi f/Shri “Age Of Innocence” (London, England)
*The Lucky Face “You’re Not The Girl In This Song” (London)
*Kannika “I’m Watching You” (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand)
*Boris Carloff “In The Sky” (Czech Republic)
*Wild Belle “Hurricane” (Chicago)
*May Roosevelt “Air” (Thessaloniki, Greece)
